This space presents my personal insights into creativities, films,
musics, apple mac, visual design, photography, travel adventures,
people, news, voices on my beloved country 'Malaysia' and abit about
my spiritual journey in the inner-spiritual dimension of Islam. No
script, No instructions. Just sharing a brief of the world that inspires
me, the books on my shelves, where I work and the project I do, my
current passion or simply talk about what's on my mind! But this is
not a one-way thingie. This is just part of the matrix. Have your
say in the "conversation", just say something. View and enjoy my live
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Some edited footages I shot during a New York City trip for
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and the
New York Asian Film Festival in June 2005. Nearly mugged wandering
around. It's a little tribute to this lovely city and people but NOT
to Bush and his administration. It got this wonderful creative aura
energy that hard to explain. Anyway, this video here will tell on
how I felt being in the "City That Never Sleeps". Edited with the
background music of U2 from the album "All that you can't leave
behind, New York - 2000 ".

Currently
I produce or direct people-driven stories and news related to muslims.net
in MIDDLE EAST and ASIA PACIFIC for a global broadcaster in HD High
Definition. At times I design, direct and produce on-air promotions,
show packaging, channel branding, music videos, commercials and corporate
videos. Versatile with AVID, Final Cut Studio nonlinear editing suite,
Adobe After Effects, ProAnimator, Photoshop and Illustrator. Enjoy
the rest of my broadcast list which showcases my past project, travelblog & my own personal spiritual Islamic journey of self-discovery.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Al Jazeera English set to launch today

There is lots of excitement & stress here at Al Jazeera KLCC office(Kuala Lumpur), about the launch of Al Jazeera English Channel. Visit this page to check Al Jazeera English revamped website. Al Jazeera English Channel, the 24 hour English news service that is launching on November 15th at 3 pm Doha time, today. This is one of the most advanced news production centres in the world - all systems are Hi-Definition (HD) and it is connected to three other broadcast centres across the globe via a high speed fibre network.

ASTRO here in Malaysia carries Al-Jazeera on Channel 92(8pm,local time). In addition to cable, ADSL, mobile platforms and satellite, Al Jazeera English will be available as a live stream to the one billion users of the internet worldwide here.

Apart from all the hi-tech goodness, the real claim to fame is being part of "Al Jazeera"! 10 years ago Al Jazeera was launched in Doha, Qatar and it not only changed the face of the media in region, but also the geo-political situation. Suddently people from the Arab world were being represented in their own voices. While Qatar may be rich in oil and natural gas, it is Al Jazeera which really put it on the world stage. Now with the expansion into English, Qatar is bound for another decade of being the home to "fearless journalism".

Some people think Al Jazeera as a media propaganda for the Al Qaeda. And the muslims say it is monopolize by zionis thinker. Please read this book by Hugh Miles, Al Jazeera to know the true story. Watch this channel - it is going to rock the world!

With the hours rapidly slipping away, everyone inside AJI is ready to go, but we're excited. Producers are getting our shows together and trying to stabilize the system. Continuing the trend of being a market leader and doing things a bit different than the rest, the Al Jazeera International Commission has created an "extranet commissioning system which will allow and encourage journalists and producers worldwide to pitch stories and receive rapid decisions." AJI will be the first global High Definition TV network with four broadcast centers around the world (Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Washington and London) that will provide blocks of programming to fill the 24-hour news cycle. Lots of space and time for freelancers to fill. So this is where I stand.

0 Conversation:

Steve
Jobs - Referring to the pirate flag that flew over Apple’s headquaters
in 1983. I believe that quote was one of three keyphrases for a
large Apple meeting/conference, and the Pirate flag was attached
to the Macintosh building after that meeting. So the flag was actually
a reaction to that.

About Me

Hatz is a designer/producer exploring abstract kinetic systems through diverse digital media arts including unique 2D/3D motion design, current affair/travel documentary, music videos, corporate videos, short films and creative design. Born in Johor, raised and educated in Singapore. Currently a part-time postgrad student (consistently missing lectures and tutorials because of my job...arhhh! or should I just quit?), a seeker of the path of truth (struggling to attain the experiential knowledge of God) and commissioned producer for global broadcaster base in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Updated: 2008, I will stop school for awhile to be with 'Bapak' and move my work/studio base back to Singapore.